East High School 1960 Yearbook (Denver, CO) - Full Access

Paul Fishman delivers his oration, "Protest Against Sentence of Death," to on attentive audience. Sharon Marks competes in the junior preliminaries of the Wolcott Contest. East Students Compete In Oratorical Contests Speech contests ore very important among the extra curricular activities at East. They provide an opportunity for participants to learn and use new techniques in delivt'uing a speech. They also develop friendly competi– tion among students of East. Vance Aandahl won the Woodbury Con– test this year with his inspiring interpretation of "Toussaint I' Ouverture" by Phillips. Miles Gersh, Paul H. Stuart, Rex Gromer, Paul Fish– man, Steve Wagner, Chuck Stern and Joel Ingelbritson were the other contestants. The Shofroth Extemporaneous Contest is held between participants from each Denver high school. The representatives from East were Barbara Madigan and Paul Tull. The Wolcott Contest tests one's ability for sight-reading . Sophomore, junior and senior girls may enter it, and two finalists from each class are chosen.